Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-07-14

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"God knows, Nora, but it must be done.
l have but little ready money now, but with
what may raise by disposing of my few
possessions, it might prove, in new coun-
try, the stepping-stone to fortune. The
West is now developing rapidly, and grand
opportunities are opening for men with
small capital to amass fortunes. Thanks
to my mother, have fair education and
some business ability, and believe it
would be wise for me to go westward and
see what chance there may be for me-.
$50. then, my own dear John, and may
Heaven smile upon your efforts" cried
No:a, and they parted, she to her home, he
to execute the plan upon which he had al
ready decided.
In few hours he had SO arranged mat
ters that it was possible for him to start
for the New Eldorado upon which he had
set his mind, and with the first train he
was on his way west.
Nora had gone to her home, and here we
find her, just as she had broached the mat
ter SO near her heart, to her father, only to
| be met with q flat refusal to entertain it for
| q moment
But Col. Wilton had reckoned without
his host. After he had gone Nora thought
over what had been said, and remembered
that her father had mentioned that he had
another fate in store for her than marrying
John NIeacham.
Il suppose he thinks he can make me do
as he Wishes" she exclaimed. "Well, he
will find that he is mistaken. OF course he
has another fate in store for mo. Prob
ably that odious old Marsden. If he brings
him here l shall send him about his busi-
ness very suddenly"
But fortunately for that worthy old
| gentleman, it was not Mr.. Marsden, and
when, a few weeks afterward, Col. Wilton
introduced Winthrop Deane to Nora,
privately informing her that he was his
| choice for a scn-in-law, she could not
help remarking to herself that her father
had better taste than she had credited him
with.
Winthrop Deane was tall and exceed
ingly handsome young man, of easy car
ringe, and essentially ladies' man. In
addition to this he was accounted very
wealthy. He was much interested in
Western pseculation, in which the greater
part of his money had been made. Alto
gether he was one who would be considered
q good CATCH" although Nora exhibited
no preference for his society more than
that of the other gentleman whom she was
accustomed to meet.
Nevertheless Deane was very attentive,
and spent much of his time at the Wilton
residence, and when not at Nora's side was
closeted with Col. Wilton, recounting his
specuations in the West.
But one DAY, several months later, he
appeared in the Colonel's library looking
much disturbed, and in reply to question
as to the cause, said:
aThere is a good deal of irregularity ir
Western stocks. new operator has ap-
peared in San Francisco, and is cornerine
the market. 1t is queer thing, too, fol
from. It is said, however, that he seemed
to have only few hundreds when he came
there, but has been miraculously success
full. The news of the last deal Just reached
me, by which he clears nearly $50,O00
while i lose about half that amount"
The deuce You say" calculated the
Colonel. "Why don't you go out there
and see 10 it yourself"
@That is what am going to do" re.
sponded Deane. "But first, / want to sec
Nora and learn from her my fate"
/ Gall right, Deane, I will send her to you
i Bat I am afraid, Deane, am afraid The
girl has got a good deal of my blood in hel
veins, and she hasn't quite forgotten that
youn, Meacham, whom l told You about
The Colonel was right. Nora had no
forgotten John Meacham, although his
letters, which were not frequent, gave he,
no insight into his financial success; ant
when Winthrop Deane asked her to be hil
wife, she said:
81 am sorry, Mr.. Deane, but l canno
to John Meacham."
; So Winthrop Deane went his way alone
leaving Nora to the tender mercies of ths
old Colonel, who did not spare his daugh
ter's feelings, While he derided the objec
of her affections, the despised Mencham.
"Why. the cheeky young rascal ever
promised to pay me the $4,000 his fathe
swindled me out of, if 1 would let 20,
marry him. 1 suppose he thought would
settle enough on you to do it with, didn'
he? Pay me with my own money! Goot
joke that would have been, indeed! Prob
ably he ia out there somewhere in tn
West working for IS cents day and livin:
!, among Cinnamon, or else he's turned stage
robber by this time" snorted tho Colonel
, in one of his passions.
| II was midsummer then, and the door
We're open, and the Colonel was astonishe,
to see q manly form emerge from tn
shadows of the outer doorway, walk int
], the room, and take place ut Nora's side
while q CHEEKY voice exclaimed:
J Neither, sir, neither. John Meachan
) is here, Col. Wilton. Here to pay yo
$4,000 in behalf of his father, who Dor
rowed that sum of you about twenty-five
years ago." and John Meachnm in persol
| stepped forward and placed q slip of pnpe
5 in the hand of the Colonel, who stood lik
craven image.
He took the slip, which proved to be
], bank check for $4,000 payable to Col
George Wilton, and finally roared:
t "a trick, sir! A rascally trick. How
know this is genuine?"
: Col. Wilton, you can easily ascertain n
! to the genuineness Of that check by calm
at Klienfelts bank tomorrow morning. Il
t few words / can explain my presenc
here. AS you know went West with th
$ hope strong in my heart, of making for
S tune. Heaven has aided my efforts, an
Z brought me safe home again. have mad
3 money. There was q broad field il
l the West, and speculation was rife
' ] invested my little capital i
stocks and went to work by day
work, but in short time this was unneces
sary. / found tbata rising market ha
Y doubled my invested capital. I watche
the rise and fall of fortunes for others, ye
/, my luclsy-star has never forsaken me.
am now well-to-do in this worlds goods
r and free from the burden of that old sham